Internet
of Anything (IoX)
becomes a powerful engine to the fourth industrial revolution for humankind,
which covers the interactive implementations of smart city, smart manufacturing
(i.e., production 4.0), smart living, smart vehicle, and smart me (e.g.,
fitness, wellness, and health care). Such systems would establish ubiquitous
platforms for person-to-person, person-to-thing, and thing-to-thing
communication and interaction by means of smart, real-time sensing, actuation,
monitoring, feedback, control, data fusion and analysis, and decision making.
Therefore, IoX,
which integrates the hardware, firmware, software, cloud, and scenario
analysis, is expected to offer humankind a more convenient, more comfortable,
and safer life.

As
a key driver for IoX,
MEMS sensors and actuators have been widely employed in current consumer and
wearable electronics. To answer the demands of IoX,
MEMS industry serves as the leading-edge part of the systems to boost the use
of conventional semiconductor and IC industry chains, finally enabling
high-margin service-oriented interactive products and systems. Therefore,
innovative strategies and roadmaps in the next generation MEMS product
development are a must. In order to catch up such new IoX
markets, the MEMS industry has to leverage and integrate a variety of resources
on design, fabrication, packaging, and testing to bring cost-effective products
into the markets and eventually benefit the overall society.

The
MEMS Forum in this year will emphasize “MEMS for Smart IoX”
where many renowned MEMS leaders will share their valuable experiences and
knowledge about MEMS micro system designs, packaging, testing, manufacturing,
and equipment with applications in smart city, smart factory, smart automotive,
smart home, and smart me.